“The Prison Tree chapter 2”.  This latest volume of Swamp Thing, following the atrocious volume 3, made it clear during the first arc that its sole intention was to return Swamp Thing to the status quo of his glory days.  It took a while, and a few lame storylines, but it looks like it’s finally there.  With Swamp Thing finally whole again, and Abigail having made amends with him, things are finally starting to feel like old times.  It’s getting even better with the return of Woodrue, the Floronic Man.  True, he had just recently made a come-back in Geoff Johns’ JLA arc from right before the Infinite Crisis, but these feels so much more grand.  The Floronic Man has always been a much better Swamp Thing villain than a Justice League villain, anyhow.  The fall-out from the previous arc, in which the tall tales of a local old-timer broke free from his imagination shortly after his death, is still playing heavily into this storyline.  It’s shaping up to be a great story; Joshua Dysart has a great handle on the characters and their classic nature while Enrique Breccia’s art is terribly gruesome and freakish, perfect for the story.  Overall, Swamp Thing’s really starting to feel like his old self again, and not is the perfect opportunity for estranged fans to jump back into the book.

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